I had always heard that rabies was endemic in bat populations, that it is akin to measles in humans i.e. not a big deal. If you get bit by a bat you go get the shots.
If you read the article you will learn that sometimes people do not know that they have received a scratch, or that they encounter bat guano or urine on already broken skin. I don’t know how you don’t know, but they mentioned an example of a baby.
The young girl, who is the only known case of survival from bat spread rabies, found the bat flopping around on the floor of the church where she was attending choir practice. She picked it up by the wing and took it outside. Somehow the rabies infected her. She survived but has suffered terrible consequences. She has had to learn everything over again, including how to feed herself. She finally was able to go back to college and graduate, but she is still disabled.